“False and injurious! What! unjust to thee? 860

O! hear the vows of Love—it cannot be;

What, I forbear to bless thee—I forego

That first great blessing of existence? No!

Did every ghost that terror saw arise

With such prediction, I should say it lies;

But none there are—a mighty gulf between

Hides the ideal world from objects seen;

We know not where unbodied spirits dwell,

But this we know, they are invisible;—